Reply #80: As usual, the RW press blames our inability to do the same on minorities:

[Lorien]

"Despite the apparent simplicity of Finnish education, it would be tough to replicate in the U.S. With a largely homogeneous population, teachers have few students who don't speak Finnish. In the U.S., about 8% of students are learning English, according to the Education Department. There are fewer disparities in education and income levels among Finns. Finland separates students for the last three years of high school based on grades; 53% go to high school and the rest enter vocational school. (All 15-year-old students took the PISA test.) Finland has a high-school dropout rate of about 4% -- or 10% at vocational schools -- compared with roughly 25% in the U.S., according to their respective education departments."


I saw a piece on 20/20 a month or so ago about the happiest nations on earth. Denmark topped the list, and the narrator stated that even though Denmark is a "nanny state" and very liberal, they have a nearly all white/ all Danish speaking population. Now, the narrator DIDN'T say how this contributes to their "happiness" or if it were any factor at all, but what was left unspoken was clear; the reporter believes that if the US were all white and English speaking we, too, would all be content. :crazy: